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Four California school districts, along with education firm Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, are testing the effects of interactive digital technology on teaching through a program that replaces the algebra textbooks of 400 eighth-graders with Apple iPads. Students will be provided a digital version of their textbook and instructional videos, allowing teachers more time to help individuals.

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Students in an iPad tablet computer pilot program in a Riverside, Calif., middle school achieved math test scores that were 20% higher than the scores of those using traditional textbooks. The yearlong program, sponsored by publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, used the Fuse program, the first algebra curriculum designed exclusively for the iPad.

Eighth-grade English teacher Ariel Sacks considers in this blog post the rising popularity of the Kindle, the Nook and other e-readers among students. The devices, which once seemed to represent a more futuristic classroom, now may be poised to offer a new tool for motivating students to read and helping teachers review students' commentary on their reading assignments, she writes.

Anecdotal results of a study on the effect of Apple's iPad on math instruction in California middle schools show an increase in student engagement. The study will compare algebra achievement among those using a Houghton Mifflin Harcourt program on the iPad and those receiving the same instruction through a textbook. "The reason we did this test is to learn as a content provider, how do we take a really well-designed, high-functioning mobile device and re-imagine curriculum," said an executive with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which is overseeing the test.

Four California school districts, along with education firm Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, are testing the effects of interactive digital technology on teaching through a program that replaces the algebra textbooks of 400 eighth-graders with Apple iPads. Students will be provided a digital version of their textbook and instructional videos, allowing teachers more time to help individuals.

Four California school districts, along with education firm Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, are testing the effects of interactive digital technology on teaching through a program that replaces the algebra textbooks of 400 eighth-graders with Apple iPads. Students will be provided a digital version of their textbook and instructional videos, allowing teachers more time to help individuals.